Dhaka, Feb. 20 -- An excessive number of brick klins have been polluting the environment in a union in Manikganj, while pollution from unauthorised brick klins deteriorates public health and the environment across four districts in the Sylhet division.

Our correspondent from Manikganj writes, Singair Upazila's Baldhara Union has become a dense cluster of brick kilns, with 36 of them operating within just 30.31 square kilometers.

Home to as much as 29,085 people, the union is struggling with polluted air and declining crop yields. The unchecked expansion of brick kilns has deteriorated the health of its residents.

According to the Union Parishad sources, 26 kilns are currently active in the union. Fifteen trade licences were obtained la...